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BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, on Jan. 22, 2020. Britain's Brexit withdrawal bill was finally approved Wednesday night after historic votes in the Houses of Parliament, paving the way for Britain to leave the European Union (EU). (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/Handout via Xinhua) HOC MANDATORY CREDIT: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor

Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2020 shows a general view of the Greek Parliament during the vote for the new president of the Hellenic Republic in Athens, Greece. The Greek parliament on Wednesday elected top judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou as president of the Hellenic Republic, the first female head of state of Greece. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd R) walks by the Senate Chamber during Day 2 of the Senate impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 22, 2020. The U.S. Senate on early Wednesday voted to pass the Republican-proposed resolution laying out rules guiding the ongoing impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, after a marathon debate killed 11 amendments introduced by Democrats. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

Britain's Prince Charles delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

A Yemeni displaced child plays at a village in Hajjah Province, Yemen, Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed ALwafi/Xinhua)

Medical staff swear in as members of the "assault team" in the fight against the novel coronavirus-related pneumonia at Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

Staff members of Toudaoguai hydrologic station walk on the frozen surface of the Yellow River in Tuoketuo County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2020. Although the Yellow River has entered its frozen period, hydrological workers here still stuck to their posts. They usually start their work before daybreak in the temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Yang Meng turns around to remind her husband Dai Chong to drink more water at the T3A Terminal of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 22, 2020. The year 2020 marks the 10th Spring Festival travel rush for the couple Dai Chong and Yang Meng who during this period can only see each other for ten minutes every day. Both of them are working for the ground service at the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, with one as a check-in counter clerk and the other a service clerk. Busy with serving the passengers, the couple only have a ten-minute brief encounter at noon every day when they fetch their working meals. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 22, 2020 shows people go winter swimming on Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)